Full-Time

Barron’s seeks a senior Wall Street reporter

Barron’s is seeking an energetic and motivated journalist to provide insightful news analysis and enterprise about the companies, people and financial systems that comprise Wall Street.

You Will:

  • Develop original enterprise stories that enable readers to see the inner workings of the most powerful financial system in the world
  • Develop original story ideas from Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and fintechs like PayPal, as well as the companies that are driving private credit to new heights
  • Track new developments in finance and how technology giants like Apple and Google are encroaching on the sector
  • Have a proven track record of jumping on major news with sophisticated analysis

You Have:

  • 3-5 years of experience preferred
  • Strong ability to collaborate with reporters, editors and visual journalists
  • Working knowledge of finance and markets; demonstrated ability to develop sources, use records and data, and break news as a staff writer of a major newsroom.
  • Ability to write breaking news analysis in real time

Interested parties should send a resume, cover letter and no more than three clips in PDF form to David.Cho@barrons.com Bob.Rose@barrons.com and Daren.Fonda@barrons.com and apply through the link on this job posting.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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